Toulouse: table football, bowling green, video games…Discover the new guinguette installed in the Croix-Daurade district
A few days ago, a new guinguette opened its doors in the Croix-Daurade district in Toulouse. The “Chez Casi” restaurant offers games and themed evenings for the summer.
Nestled at the end of a dead end, near Boulevard Atlanta, between the Roseraie and Croix Daurade in Toulouse, the restaurant “Chez Casi”, open since 2014, offers an explosive setting for lovers of grilled meats, homemade burgers or other gourmet dishes. Garlands, bowling alley, table football, retro arcade games… On the terrace, it’s like feeling at home. For ten days, the owner of the establishment, Patrick Pichon, nicknamed Casi in reference to Casimir, television character renowned for his kindness, decided to launch his guinguette. And the name was found quickly. “Quite simply, the guinguette at Casi”, laughs the owner. So to carry out this new project, the owner immediately found ideas. “I invested in games and the like to make customers feel at home, I already had the terrace,” says the business manager.
But this project was not born on a whim. Like other establishments, this restaurant, which has been running for nine years now, has been violently shaken by the health crisis. Casi and his son looked for ways to revive the business and thus compensate for the losses. “We have halved the turnover. Sanitary pass, restrictions, curfew and so on, all of this was very complicated to manage, ”explains the owner. Before the health crisis, his team of around ten people did not work on Saturday evenings “in order to give them time for their personal life” but the Covid-19 reshuffled the cards.
First season
Cas proposed to his cooks and waiters to put on the apron in the evening to launch the “season 1” guinguette open until the end of October. And especially, the boss, former host of evenings, has put the small dishes in the big ones. Thursday evening, quiz evening, Friday it’s karaoke with Casi as the hall driver and Saturday, it’s acoustic concert. “For these evenings, we have simplified the menu with burgers, sushi and grilled meats,” he adds. With the return of the sun, this new guinguette comes just in time.